Cwestiwn ysgrifenedig WQ90144
- Gofynnwyd gan
- Andrew RT DaviesCeidwadwyr
- I'w ateb gan
- Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
- Cyflwynwyd
- Dyddiad ateb
- Atebwyd
- Amser i'w ateb
- 8 diwrnod
Cwestiwn
Mae'r cwestiwn a'r ateb yn Saesneg gan nad oes fersiwn Gymraeg ar gael.
What is the Government doing to ensure that school students receive adequate mental health support?
Ateb
Atebwyd gan Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
On 21 March 2021 the Welsh Government published the framework on embedding a whole school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing. The framework is statutory guidance for all maintained schools and local authorities and I expect all schools to have regard to its requirements. To support schools in this work the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and I have jointly agreed funding in the current year for wellbeing activity and wider support in schools. Funding includes over £3.5m for local authorities and over £5.3m for local health boards to support schools’ wellbeing needs.
The Deputy Minister and I continue to keep this work under review through regular meetings of the Oversight and Delivery Board, a multiagency stakeholder group established to advise us and provide scrutiny and challenge in this area.